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Kramer Levin, Gibson Dunn Prevail in Puerto Rico Bond Battle

In what is likely the leading edge of a rash of multibillion-dollar disputes involving the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the first round has gone to a group of bondholders.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In the Matter of the Board's Main Extension Rules N.J.A.C. 14:3-8.1, A-1626-10T2

BPU erred in ordering only pipeline retroactivity of the invalidation of its Main Extension Rules.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

City of Phila. v. Perfetti, PICS Case No. 15-0939 (Pa. Commw. June 8, 2015) Simpson, J. (21 pages).

A property owner was not entitled to a pre-deprivation hearing for the imposition of a municipal lien for nonpayment of utilities where payment for municipal services constituted a compelling governmental interest. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Notice, Hearing Not Required for Municipal Lien

A property owner can be ordered to pay municipal liens for utility bills neglected by his former tenants, even if he had no prior notice of the unpaid debts, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Public Utilities Commission (City of San Bruno)

4 minute read

The Recorder

Appeals Court OKs Record Penalty Against PG&E

Rejecting arguments from lawyers at Sidley Austin, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed a $14 million fine levied against PG&E in 2013 by the California Public Utilities Commssion.
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The Legal Intelligencer

S & R Coal Co. v. Rausch Creek Land, L.P., PICS Case No. 15-0821 (Pa Super. May 15, 2015) (memorandum) Donohue, J. (24 pages).

A landowner could not change the placement of utility lines on its property away from a roadway easement where the terms of a stipulation between the landowner and the easement holder expressly provided that relocation would involve both the utility lines and the roadway. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Favors Surveyor Measurement in Taking Case

In interpreting a deed with contradictory definitions of a land parcel's boundaries, a split en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled in favor of the landowners who alleged a de facto taking of that property by a gas company.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

388 Route 22 Readington Realty Holdings, LLC v. TWP. of Readington

Township Must Explain Decision Not to Repurchase Unused Sewer Capacity
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kantor v. Hiko Energy, PICS Case No. 15-0644 (E.D. Pa. April 14, 2015) Savage, J. (18 pages).

By | April 28, 2015
The economic loss doctrine does not bar a fraud claim brought under the UTPCPL, or the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. Defense motion to dismiss denied.
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